http://www.commoncraft.com/blog-categories/vimeo The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.commoncraft.com/vimeo-you-mock-me <p>Let me start by saying I like <a href="http://www.vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. The video host has great features (like the thumbnail chooser), a personal attitude and slick interface. For our purposes, we like Vimeo because they focus on controlling privacy - you can share a video with just one person. We use it to share rough cuts of videos with clients. Vimeo does a lot of things well. </p> <p>That is why I&#39;m both perplexed and disappointed by an experience lately. We tested the privacy system to see what happens when we share video with someone who is not a member.</p> <p>Sachi is a member and added me (using an old email address) to her list of people with access to a video. I received this email:</p> <p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1271/943141113_99699c9db1.jpg?v=0" alt="sachi share" width="382" height="98" /></p> <p>Sachi wants to share! Yaay! </p> <p>I then clicked the link and saw this page:</p> <p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/944073502_ea4f6a759f.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <p>Whaaa? Boooo!</p> <p>It&#39;s great that the privacy works, but how about a little more information about the remedy? What do I need to do to <em>see the video that has been shared with me</em>? </p> <p><strong>How about adding this tiny bit of information:</strong></p> <p>&quot;You must become a member (or be a logged-in member) of Vimeo to view a protected video. You can do that <u>here</u>.&quot;</p> <p>That would help a lot. Thanks! </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/vimeo-you-mock-me#comments Online Usability privacy video videoservice vimeo Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:30:54 -0400 leelefever 1507 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/vimeo-you-mock-me <p>Let me start by saying I like <a href="http://www.vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. The video host has great features (like the thumbnail chooser), a personal attitude and slick interface. For our purposes, we like Vimeo because they focus on controlling privacy - you can share a video with just one person. We use it to share rough cuts of videos with clients. Vimeo does a lot of things well. </p> <p>That is why I&#39;m both perplexed and disappointed by an experience lately. We tested the privacy system to see what happens when we share video with someone who is not a member.</p> <p>Sachi is a member and added me (using an old email address) to her list of people with access to a video. I received this email:</p> <p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1271/943141113_99699c9db1.jpg?v=0" alt="sachi share" width="382" height="98" /></p> <p>Sachi wants to share! Yaay! </p> <p>I then clicked the link and saw this page:</p> <p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/944073502_ea4f6a759f.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <p>Whaaa? Boooo!</p> <p>It&#39;s great that the privacy works, but how about a little more information about the remedy? What do I need to do to <em>see the video that has been shared with me</em>? </p> <p><strong>How about adding this tiny bit of information:</strong></p> <p>&quot;You must become a member (or be a logged-in member) of Vimeo to view a protected video. You can do that <u>here</u>.&quot;</p> <p>That would help a lot. Thanks! </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/vimeo-you-mock-me#comments Online Usability privacy video videoservice vimeo Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:30:54 -0400 leelefever 1507 at http://www.commoncraft.com